Women Lead
Join Nadia Koski, a digital media industry leader and creator, in authentic and empowering - also occasionally hilarious - conversations on Women Lead.
Women Lead is a podcast dedicated to the important leadership topics, challenges, and achievements that professionals, particularly women, experience in the workplace. Through in-depth discussions with guests, Nadia explores what it takes to build your career, lead with empathy, and help the next generation of young leaders rise to take the reins in their industries.
Based in Florence Italy, Nadia Koski brings more than sixteen years of experience as a team leader and global content director at an international digital media and ad tech organization, as well as a background in fashion and artist management, publishing, and digital startups. The podcast explores unique insights from all voices in the global media space, in a refreshing format meant to inform, inspire, and make you laugh.
Women Lead
Empowering Change: Lisa Smith on Gender Equality and Sustainable Development
In this episode of Women Lead, host Nadia Koski dives deep into the transformative power of sustainable development and gender equality with Lisa Smith, co-founder and executive director of the GIRL Institute. Lisa shares her journey from the challenges with political processes to founding a global initiative focused on empowering women through education and community building. Discover how gender equality is intricately linked to sustainable development goals, and why creating women's embassies worldwide can be a game-changer for global gender equality. Tune in as they explore the interconnectedness of climate justice, economic empowerment, and the role of women in shaping a sustainable future.
Links and Recs:
Learn more about the GIRL Institute
Attend the Women’s Equality Summit in Knoxville, TN October 24-26, 2025
Follow Lisa on LinkedIn
Books:
Equality within Our Lifetimes by Jody Heymann, Aleta Sprague, Amy Raub
Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall
Across That Bridge by John Lewis
Produced and Hosted by Nadia Koski
Engineered by Phil McDowell
Project Lead Dennis Kirschner
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